Visual language using tables
Tables play an important role in FS Pro for Outlook documents. Maps and Blocks present the structure of your document, whereas tables help you to visualize the actual content in the Blocks.
About information types
Everything you write can be categorized into one of the six information types.
These information types
- answer your readers’ questions, and
- are often presented as a certain kind of table.
If you wish to answer the reader question… |
Then Use the information type… |
And use the FS Pro table … |
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How do I do something? |
Procedure |
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Process |
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What should I do or not do? (rules, guidelines, policies) |
Principle | as applicable. |
What is something? (definition) |
Concept | as applicable. |
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Structure |
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What are the facts? |
Fact | as applicable. |
How to insert a table
Let’s add a Block with an If/Then table to our sample document:
Step |
Action |
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1 |
Click the Block button to add a new Block at the end of the document. Label it “Consequences”. |
2 |
Result: The If/Then table is inserted in the Block. |
3 |
Add the contents of the block “Consequences” to your If/Then table.
Reference: See page 1 for the content of the sample document. |
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